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"I work as often as I want and yet I'm free as a bird."
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"Employers are at their happiest on Mondays. Employees are at their happiest on Fridays."

"Back then, work revolved around life. Today, life revolves around work."

"Love by the sweat of thy brow.Not through whispered words of hollow sound or lofty dreams ne'er substance bound that more than oft do run aground. Nay, love with mighty, blistered hands that turn the soil and carve the land. A bearer of toil and golden band. Be strong! A founder of the feast! Protective knight who slays the beast! For promises and vows aloud are naught but wispy veneer shroud like cobwebs, frail, the airy words and wooing fail. So work, my darling. Toil as proof. Thy loyal heart be drained of youth and yet beat on, incessant sound. Both feet take root within the ground, and service be thy kingly crown.Love by the sweat of thy brow."

"Your life content reduces with employment."

"A specialist's mind is a slave to his specialization."
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"My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician."

"Christmas carols always brought tears to my eyes. I also cry at weddings. I should have cried at a couple of my own."

"Mom and Pop were proud of my popularity, but from their point of view, show business was no way to make a living."

"I wouldn't change one thing about my professional life, and I make it a point not to dwell on my mistakes."

"The slapdash way producers used to assemble a show seems a little unbelievable when we talk about them now."

"I was born in my parents' bedroom on January 16. The World Almanac says it was 1909. I say it was 1912. But what difference does it make as long as I feel 33?"

"When you are in deep conflict about something, sometimes the most trivial thing can tip the scales."

"I don't like to read. The only things I read are gossip columns. If someone gives me a book, it had better have lots of pictures."
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